Indiana · 2026 session · house
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This bill fundamentally restructures local government board and commission governance by eliminating existing staggered appointment terms, vacancy procedures, and impeachment mechanisms while establishing new county executive authority to determine commission size and membership composition. The legislation removes detailed provisions governing board member initial terms (ranging from one to four years), successive reappointment rights, and at-pleasure service arrangements, replacing them with simplified two- and three-year terms and uniform procedures. The bill also strips county executives of specific personnel policy enforcement tools, including the authority to require employee policy acknowledgments and establish uniform evaluation rubrics, while eliminating approval requirements for park capital improvements over $100,000 and district expenditures. New provisions grant county executives broader discretion in setting commission size (must be odd-numbered) and establish tourism commission membership criteria that allow non-county residents who own or manage tourism businesses to serve if they are Indiana residents, with appointment authority allocated based on tax revenue collection rather than municipality size alone.
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